When you line up at your favorite theater and scan the marquee, there’s plenty of “R” rated movies to choose from. There’s plenty of sex and violence and “adult themes.”

But where’s the clean stuff?

It’s there. And on Thursday, Sept. 19, Michigan native and comedian Dave Coulier. a St. Clair Shores native, will headline a nationwide event, presenting the Clean Guys of Comedy in a live broadcast simulcast to 660 theaters nationwide.

Coulier, along with Jamie Kennedy, Heather McDonald, Ralph Harris and Andy Hendrickson will be on stage in Colorado, broadcasting to theaters across the country. A second show will be re-broadcast on Sept. 26. Coulier has worked on the event for the past three years, getting in-depth entertainment business knowledge in the process.

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“I approached a couple of producer friends of mine and I said, ‘I think there’s something here, what do you guys think?’ And we met with Fathom and they loved the idea and wanted to start it as a brand,” Coulier said.

“But then you have to learn about theater chains and you have to learn about their lobby entertainment network that we have to build promos for. And we have to deal with the marketing arm, the promotions department, and the PR people and then we have to deal with the business people. It’s like the guy on the old Ed Sullivan show who’s spinning all the plates – that’s how I’ve felt the last three years.”

The five comedians on the bill have been working out how to follow each other on stage, “so we can figure out how to compliment each other,” Coulier said.

Working clean on stage wasn’t a goal for Coulier when he started out in the business. It’s just who he was and that came out on stage – and got laughs.

“I’ve been working clean since the beginning of my career, I’ve heard from so many people so many times, ‘Thanks for doing a clean show. I’m here with my boss, I’m here with my family, I’m here with work associates or my parents.’ You hear that enough times and you figure out that people appreciate the fact that they can laugh without that ‘f-bomb’ aftertaste,” he said.

The show will be one hour and forty-five minutes and Coulier knows the PG-13 show has a wide appeal.

“That’s a very wide range. It’s not Def Jam, it’s not Urban Comedy or Blue Collar – it’s like a ‘Full House’ demographic. But I don’t want to mislead people, this won’t be bubble gum and candy. It’s adult humor from our perspective as adults.”

The former Uncle Joey from the TV sitcom “Full House” describes the show more as “an extended Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.”